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Hoke marches around the grounds looking for Guffington, and eventually realizes that the older man has already gone to bed for the night. The heroes eventually follow suit. Only Arthur is still awake, but after his brief meditation (+2 focus). He too slips into sleep. The next morning the heroes awaken and step outside of the temple to meet a familiar face. "Hello, heroes. It has been some time since I've seen faces from Eubric." He turns to Guffington. "I had hoped that my old friend Doctor Daneeka may be here. His attempts to replicate the airships are admirable, but in comparison to some of the work I've seen, this is nothing. But Captain Elba has informed me that he has gone to Baltarok instead. Given the choice, I can't imagine why." Master Jin approaches Hybros and Hoke. "Well won, little imp." He smiles. "The First Breath is a great technique to know, in and out of combat. Now that you have acquired what you came for, will you be on your way? Or do you still wish to learn more?"

Reunited v. Wyrms Round Two >Zane revives Matthias (Necromancer) - Failure/Shield (Not enough ether for revival, raises Body B, -1 ether) >Zane v. Adult Wyrm Head (Sorcerer) - Slight of Hand/Damage (-1 ether, no effect) >Dyric v. Adult Body A - Special Damage/Special Damage (+5 SP, +200 Health) >Solimon v. Baby Head A - Shield (33 Damage) >Pravati v. Baby Head B - Inferno (26 Damage) Body C v. Zane - Stunned Baby Body A v. Dyric - KO Baby Body B v. Solimon - 15 Damage Zane attempts to raise Matthias, but only get a few fragile flops out of the gnome's body. The mid-section of the largest wyrm lashes out at it's own body, though, and the wyrm roars in pain. "I need more ether," he growls. "And if you want to end up without a permanent burn, you may want to have Parvati change the weather." Dyric is able to shout some response back when he feels another wyrm crashing into him. Blistering Hot - Fire damage deals double damage. All combatants are burned -1 each round. The Enemies Adult Desert Wyrm Level 80 Rock Vermin *Immune to Negative Effects and Instant Death* Health: 24/500 Special: Ingest - The wyrm swallows the hero for 1 round, removing the from combat for 1 round and loses 1/2 their maximum health Passive Special I: Massive - The worm is so big that AoE attacks and effects only affect the target. Drops: Garnet Adult Desert Wyrm Body A Level 40 Rock Vermin *Burning -8* Health: 368/600 SP: 5 Special: Thick Skin - The wyrm's thick skin has regenerates, healing the wyrm by 200 points and adding SP:5. Passive Special I: Massive - The Wyrm is so big that AoE attacks and effects only affect the target. Drops: Elixer Adult Desert Wyrm Body C Level 40 Rock Vermin *Burning -8* Health: 237/600 SP: 5 Special: Thick Skin - The wyrm's thick skin has regenerates, healing the wyrm by 200 points and adding SP:5. Passive Special I: Massive - The Wyrm is so big that AoE attacks and effects only affect the target. Drops: Elixer Baby Desert Wyrm A Level 55 Rock Vermin *Immune to Negative Effects and Instant Death* Health: 379/500 Special: Ingest - The wyrm swallows the hero for 1 round, removing the from combat for 1 round and loses 1/2 their maximum health Passive Special I: Massive - The worm is so big that AoE attacks and effects only affect the target. Drops: Nothing Baby Desert Wyrm Body A Level 30 Rock Vermin *Burning -6* Health: 357/400 SP: 5 Special: Thick Skin - The wyrm's thick skin has regenerates, healing the wyrm by 200 points and adding SP:5. Passive Special I: Massive - The Wyrm is so big that AoE attacks and effects only affect the target. Drops: Noting Baby Desert Wyrm B Level 55 Rock Vermin *Immune to Negative Effects and Instant Death* Health: 474/500 Special: Ingest - The wyrm swallows the hero for 1 round, removing the from combat for 1 round and loses 1/2 their maximum health Passive Special I: Massive - The worm is so big that AoE attacks and effects only affect the target. Drops: Nothing Baby Desert Wyrm Body A Level 30 Rock Vermin *Burning -2* Health: 397/400 SP: 5 Special: Thick Skin - The wyrm's thick skin has regenerates, healing the wyrm by 200 points and adding SP:5. Passive Special I: Massive - The Wyrm is so big that AoE attacks and effects only affect the target. Drops: Noting The Heroes Zane Level ?? Necromancer/Sorcerer/Witch/Mage/Rogue *Lucky* *Hastened* *Nimble* *Immune to Negative Effects and Instant Death* Health: 96/136 Ether: 2/12 SP: 20 Equipment: Zane's Wasteland Sword (WP: 26, Longsword), Jester Hat (Headwear, No Effect), Wasteland Armor (SP: 20) Inventory: Magical Throwing Knife (SP:13, No Retrieval Required) Souls: Zander's Soul: Zane is Permanently Hastened. Can use electricity without a topaz. Magic Burst deals cursed, jinxed and stunned and ignores SP. All electrical attacks stun. Grants Mage class. Magician's Soul: Zane is immune to Negative Effects and Instant Kill. AoE enemy specials only affect the target. Grants Witch class. Necromancer's Soul: Grants access to Necromancer class. Zane starts the battle with a deluxe skeleton decoy. Zane's Shattered Soul: Zane is permanently lucky and nimble. Grants Rogue Class Note: Zane's level is equal to the enemy he is targeting. Undead Adult Body B Level 40 Darkness Solimon Level 33.25 Winged Warrior *Immune to Wind, Fire, Blinded* *Burning -8* Health: 8/53 (7+14+32) Equipment: Babeleth Spear (WP: 17, Pierces SP), Babeleth Golden Dagger (Grants Duel-Striking, Handwear) Breathable Darksteel Armor (Immune to Wind, Fire and Blinded, Suitable to Winged Warriors) Inventory: Elixir x2, Military Grade Fire-Bomb x3 Dyric Rone (The Legonater) Human male, Assassin *Immune to All Elements and Blinded* *Steals 50% more gold* *Permanently Lucky* *KO'd* Level 32 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 6 Health: 0/44 Gold: 737 Equipment: Crossbow of Incessant Warmongerers (WP: 26; Darkness-elemental, on non-AoE rolls, also deals Damage to the enemies above and below the target upon a successful hit; Crossbow), Lucky Die (User is permanently *Lucky*; suitable for anyone; Accessory), Night's Helmet (SP: 6; immune to Water, Wood, Earth, Ice, Fire, Wind, Lightning, Light, Darkness, and Blinded; suitable for anyone; Headwear), Sticky Gloves (increases amount of Gold stolen by 50%; suitable for Rogues and Beast Warriors; Handwear) Inventory: • Mockthril Longbow (WP: 27; Ice-elemental; Longbow), Requiem (WP: 20; Wood- and Light-elemental; Longbow), Tarok's Wrath (WP: 20, 1/2; chance to Instantly Kill orcs; Dagger), Double Chain Whip (WP: 10; Whip), Throwing Knife (WP: 4; Throwing Weapon), Pongcanis Dagger (WP: 8; Dagger),, Double-Barreled Handcannon (WP: 15, fire-elemental, dual-strike, hand cannon), Unlucky Horseshoe (WP:13, retrievable throwing weapon, causes Jinxed-effect), Banana Bladerang (WP:9, damage all; throwing weapon), • Winged Sandals (immune to Bound and Slowed; suitable for anyone; Footwear), Ambrose's Heart (Artifact, suitable to Evokers, Accessory, +5 power), Sigil of the Cold Circle - (Raise an Army costs twice as much ether, but raised undead are three times as powerful, accessory, suitable for necromancers), Cloak of the Red Assassin (Chance of Assassination is 1/3, suitable for Assassins; back wear), Cabin Boy's Rags (All other party members +3 power, bodywear) • Diamond, Opal, 3 Silver Ore (Worth 60 gold) • Bedroll, Shovel, Magic Compass • Potions (3), Grand Potions (6), Tonic, Remedies (2), Banana (restores full HP to target), Elixir (2), Cosmic Essence, Meads (2), Nostrum, Soma, Venom (2), Crimson Venom (Causes a weapon to deal the Poisoned by 7 and Cursed effects for the duration of one battle), Mythril Shards (4/4 Mythril), Military Grade Light Bomb, Military Grade Darkness Bomb, Fire Bomb, Smoke Bomb, Diamond Lamp of Summoning (1/3 uses left), Bones (2), Skeleton Decoy, Demon Repellent (Makes the user impervious to direct attacks from demons during one battle unless the user is the only hero left standing; consumable), Feather of White (Allows the user to hide for up to three rounds, avoiding Free Hits. The effect ends if the user targets an enemy.), Crystal Ball (Worth 50 gold, 100 in magic shops), Earthwyrm Fang (Grants the encouraged-, lucky-, reinforced-, and blinded- effects for the duration of one battle), Phoenix Essence (2) Matthias the Carnival Crusader (StickFig) Level 25.66 Druid *Gains 10 gold for each Humanoid killed* *Immune to Bound, Slowed* *KO'd* Power Bonus: 20 (+2 WP) Defense: 4 Health: 0/35 Ether: 10/25 Gold: 1319 Equipment: Restored Fireball Extraordinaire (WP:9, also hits enemies listed above and below the target, Darkness- and Lightning-elemental, user is Slowed, hand cannon, poisoned -10), Hunter's Plate (SP:4, wearer gains 10 gold for each Humanoid killed, suitable for rogues, rangers, barbarians, beast warriors, infiltrators, regulators, and winged warriors) (Dreyrugr), Winged Sandals (Protects from Bound and Slowed effects, footwear), DDSSA (+2 health, +2 WP, +10 power) Inventory: Peashooter (WP:2, deals Burning -2, hand cannon), Pongcanis Crossbow (WP:8, crossbow), Ruby (Fire), 4x Bone, Deadly Venom, 2x Elixir, Grand Potion, Grating Stone, Potion, 2x Red Death Blood, 4x Remedy, 5x Tonic, Doomsday Bomb (Deals 99 damage, bomb), 2x Smoke Bomb, Bedroll, Magic Compass, Dapper Hat (This amazingly dapper hat gives the wearer a ⅙ chance of being Encouraged at the start of any battle, headwear), Crocodile Handbag (Max. ether +2, immunity to water; accessory), 2x Phoenix Essence, Opal, Anvil of Oleg (Quest Item) Parvati Level 26.33 Weather Mage *Immune to Burning* Health: 34/34 (5+4+25) Ether: 18/26 (6+5+25) Equipment: Parvati’s Pouch (Accessory, Grants immunity to first five effects afflicted on Parvati each battle) Inventory: Tonic x2, Sandstorm Scroll (Replaces “Dry” with “Sandstorm” – Sandstorm doubles earth damage, halves electricity, and deals 1 earth damage to all combatants each round. Grants all combatants the ability to blind on successful hits, and the ability to flee to all combatants), Blistering Heat Scroll (Replaces "Hot" with "Blistering Hot", fire-elemental is doubly effective and all combatants gain the -1 burning effect each round), Scroll of Blinding, Begone with the Wind Gems: Diamond, Ruby, Garnet

"You're just as much good standing up as you were laying down," Boomingham snarls at Heckz. He and Rex both attack Floraphant B.

Matthias turns to see Solimon land beside him. "Parvati. You're alive." "Just barely." She smiles wanly. "I wasn't worried about you. Not with Zane." Her shy smile continues as she stares at Zane. "Thank you for coming to save me, captain." "It's got nothing to do with you. Dyric promised if I helped him save the Doctor, I go to the Fountain." He shrugs callously. "Is that the wyrm that's got him?" "Yes." "Then let's gut it." Zane turns to Dyric. "When baldy gets here, that half of the map. Don't forget. Or I'll feed my half of the map to a wyrm and neither party will be going anywhere." As the two parties reunite, a third wyrm erupts out of the ground. "Garbage." Zane exhales. "I think Zander has to come out to play. He he he kill the wyrms oh yes OH YES!" Reunited v. Wyrms Round One Zane v. Adult Wyrm Head - Critical Hit/Hit (132 Damage, -1 ether) Zane v. Adult Body C - Critical Hit/Hit ([26*2]+40-5=87 Damage, -1 ether, Body A Stunned) Dyric v. Adult Body A - Damage/Aim (26 Damage, strikes 3 times, No assassination) Solimon moves party to Matthias Parvati v. Baby Wyrm A - Critical Hit (26 Damage, -1 ether) Matthias heals self - Failure All heroes burned -1 Matthias KO'd (burning) Blistering Hot - Fire damage deals double damage. All combatants are burned -1 each round. The Enemies Adult Desert Wyrm Level 80 Rock Vermin *Immune to Negative Effects and Instant Death* Health: 24/500 Special: Ingest - The wyrm swallows the hero for 1 round, removing the from combat for 1 round and loses 1/2 their maximum health Passive Special I: Massive - The worm is so big that AoE attacks and effects only affect the target. Drops: Garnet Adult Desert Wyrm Body A Level 40 Rock Vermin *Burning -7* Health: 176/600 Special: Thick Skin - The wyrm's thick skin has regenerates, healing the wyrm by 200 points and adding SP:5. Passive Special I: Massive - The Wyrm is so big that AoE attacks and effects only affect the target. Drops: Elixer Adult Desert Wyrm Body C Level 40 Rock Vermin *Burning -7* *Stunned* Health: 245/600 SP: 5 Special: Thick Skin - The wyrm's thick skin has regenerates, healing the wyrm by 200 points and adding SP:5. Passive Special I: Massive - The Wyrm is so big that AoE attacks and effects only affect the target. Drops: Elixer Baby Desert Wyrm A Level 55 Rock Vermin *Immune to Negative Effects and Instant Death* Health: 379/500 Special: Ingest - The wyrm swallows the hero for 1 round, removing the from combat for 1 round and loses 1/2 their maximum health Passive Special I: Massive - The worm is so big that AoE attacks and effects only affect the target. Drops: Nothing Baby Desert Wyrm Body A Level 30 Rock Vermin *Burning -5* Health: 363/400 SP: 5 Special: Thick Skin - The wyrm's thick skin has regenerates, healing the wyrm by 200 points and adding SP:5. Passive Special I: Massive - The Wyrm is so big that AoE attacks and effects only affect the target. Drops: Noting Baby Desert Wyrm B Level 55 Rock Vermin *Immune to Negative Effects and Instant Death* Health: 500/500 Special: Ingest - The wyrm swallows the hero for 1 round, removing the from combat for 1 round and loses 1/2 their maximum health Passive Special I: Massive - The worm is so big that AoE attacks and effects only affect the target. Drops: Nothing Baby Desert Wyrm Body A Level 30 Rock Vermin *Burning -1* Health: 399/400 SP: 5 Special: Thick Skin - The wyrm's thick skin has regenerates, healing the wyrm by 200 points and adding SP:5. Passive Special I: Massive - The Wyrm is so big that AoE attacks and effects only affect the target. Drops: Noting The Heroes Zane Level ?? Necromancer/Sorcerer/Witch/Mage/Rogue *Lucky* *Hastened* *Nimble* *Immune to Negative Effects and Instant Death* Health: 96/136 Ether: 4/12 SP: 20 Equipment: Zane's Wasteland Sword (WP: 26, Longsword), Jester Hat (Headwear, No Effect), Wasteland Armor (SP: 20) Inventory: Magical Throwing Knife (SP:13, No Retrieval Required) Souls: Zander's Soul: Zane is Permanently Hastened. Can use electricity without a topaz. Magic Burst deals cursed, jinxed and stunned and ignores SP. All electrical attacks stun. Grants Mage class. Magician's Soul: Zane is immune to Negative Effects and Instant Kill. AoE enemy specials only affect the target. Grants Witch class. Necromancer's Soul: Grants access to Necromancer class. Zane starts the battle with a deluxe skeleton decoy. Zane's Shattered Soul: Zane is permanently lucky and nimble. Grants Rogue Class Note: Zane's level is equal to the enemy he is targeting. Solimon Level 33.25 Winged Warrior *Immune to Wind, Fire, Blinded* *Burning -7* Health: 31/53 (7+14+32) Equipment: Babeleth Spear (WP: 17, Pierces SP), Babeleth Golden Dagger (Grants Duel-Striking, Handwear) Breathable Darksteel Armor (Immune to Wind, Fire and Blinded, Suitable to Winged Warriors) Inventory: Elixir x2, Military Grade Fire-Bomb x3 Dyric Rone (The Legonater) Human male, Assassin *Immune to All Elements and Blinded* *Steals 50% more gold* *Permanently Lucky* *Burning -7* Level 32 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 6 Health: 2/44 Gold: 737 Equipment: Crossbow of Incessant Warmongerers (WP: 26; Darkness-elemental, on non-AoE rolls, also deals Damage to the enemies above and below the target upon a successful hit; Crossbow), Lucky Die (User is permanently *Lucky*; suitable for anyone; Accessory), Night's Helmet (SP: 6; immune to Water, Wood, Earth, Ice, Fire, Wind, Lightning, Light, Darkness, and Blinded; suitable for anyone; Headwear), Sticky Gloves (increases amount of Gold stolen by 50%; suitable for Rogues and Beast Warriors; Handwear) Inventory: • Mockthril Longbow (WP: 27; Ice-elemental; Longbow), Requiem (WP: 20; Wood- and Light-elemental; Longbow), Tarok's Wrath (WP: 20, 1/2; chance to Instantly Kill orcs; Dagger), Double Chain Whip (WP: 10; Whip), Throwing Knife (WP: 4; Throwing Weapon), Pongcanis Dagger (WP: 8; Dagger),, Double-Barreled Handcannon (WP: 15, fire-elemental, dual-strike, hand cannon), Unlucky Horseshoe (WP:13, retrievable throwing weapon, causes Jinxed-effect), Banana Bladerang (WP:9, damage all; throwing weapon), • Winged Sandals (immune to Bound and Slowed; suitable for anyone; Footwear), Ambrose's Heart (Artifact, suitable to Evokers, Accessory, +5 power), Sigil of the Cold Circle - (Raise an Army costs twice as much ether, but raised undead are three times as powerful, accessory, suitable for necromancers), Cloak of the Red Assassin (Chance of Assassination is 1/3, suitable for Assassins; back wear), Cabin Boy's Rags (All other party members +3 power, bodywear) • Diamond, Opal, 3 Silver Ore (Worth 60 gold) • Bedroll, Shovel, Magic Compass • Potions (3), Grand Potions (6), Tonic, Remedies (2), Banana (restores full HP to target), Elixir (2), Cosmic Essence, Meads (2), Nostrum, Soma, Venom (2), Crimson Venom (Causes a weapon to deal the Poisoned by 7 and Cursed effects for the duration of one battle), Mythril Shards (4/4 Mythril), Military Grade Light Bomb, Military Grade Darkness Bomb, Fire Bomb, Smoke Bomb, Diamond Lamp of Summoning (1/3 uses left), Bones (2), Skeleton Decoy, Demon Repellent (Makes the user impervious to direct attacks from demons during one battle unless the user is the only hero left standing; consumable), Feather of White (Allows the user to hide for up to three rounds, avoiding Free Hits. The effect ends if the user targets an enemy.), Crystal Ball (Worth 50 gold, 100 in magic shops), Earthwyrm Fang (Grants the encouraged-, lucky-, reinforced-, and blinded- effects for the duration of one battle), Phoenix Essence (2) Matthias the Carnival Crusader (StickFig) Level 25.66 Druid *Gains 10 gold for each Humanoid killed* *Immune to Bound, Slowed* *KO'd* Power Bonus: 20 (+2 WP) Defense: 4 Health: 0/35 Ether: 10/25 Gold: 1319 Equipment: Restored Fireball Extraordinaire (WP:9, also hits enemies listed above and below the target, Darkness- and Lightning-elemental, user is Slowed, hand cannon, poisoned -10), Hunter's Plate (SP:4, wearer gains 10 gold for each Humanoid killed, suitable for rogues, rangers, barbarians, beast warriors, infiltrators, regulators, and winged warriors) (Dreyrugr), Winged Sandals (Protects from Bound and Slowed effects, footwear), DDSSA (+2 health, +2 WP, +10 power) Inventory: Peashooter (WP:2, deals Burning -2, hand cannon), Pongcanis Crossbow (WP:8, crossbow), Ruby (Fire), 4x Bone, Deadly Venom, 2x Elixir, Grand Potion, Grating Stone, Potion, 2x Red Death Blood, 4x Remedy, 5x Tonic, Doomsday Bomb (Deals 99 damage, bomb), 2x Smoke Bomb, Bedroll, Magic Compass, Dapper Hat (This amazingly dapper hat gives the wearer a ⅙ chance of being Encouraged at the start of any battle, headwear), Crocodile Handbag (Max. ether +2, immunity to water; accessory), 2x Phoenix Essence, Opal, Anvil of Oleg (Quest Item) Parvati Level 26.33 Weather Mage *Immune to Burning* Health: 34/34 (5+4+25) Ether: 19/26 (6+5+25) Equipment: Parvati’s Pouch (Accessory, Grants immunity to first five effects afflicted on Parvati each battle) Inventory: Tonic x2, Sandstorm Scroll (Replaces “Dry” with “Sandstorm” – Sandstorm doubles earth damage, halves electricity, and deals 1 earth damage to all combatants each round. Grants all combatants the ability to blind on successful hits, and the ability to flee to all combatants), Blistering Heat Scroll (Replaces "Hot" with "Blistering Hot", fire-elemental is doubly effective and all combatants gain the -1 burning effect each round), Scroll of Blinding, Begone with the Wind Gems: Diamond, Ruby, Garnet

Hybros focuses on the mountain and soon becomes lost in his own thoughts, totally forgetting what he is supposed to be looking for, or what the Hel he is doing in Xu. Inhaling, he feels the First Breath rush into his lungs. And his mind erupts with a series of images, making him dizzy. He slips to his side... As he regains consciousness, Lady Felix is standing over him, with Purpearl, Chauncey, Kiga, and Hoke crowded behind him. Lady Felix smiles. "We done here?" Hybros is filled with the First Breath. He may sacrifice a turn of combat to focus and gain +3 power (power resets at the end of a battle or when the hero is KO'd). He also feels more experienced. "Well won, Hybros."

The answer is very nearly that simple. But not quite.

At The Vault Hybros begins to focus on the mountain and all around it. He feels air beginning to rush into his lungs, and he is elated. Now, surely, is the time. As Hybros reaches out with his mind for the First Breath, he feels as if he is moving further away from it. The air is sucked out of his lungs. He is left panting, dizzy, and distant. Hoke hears some rustling and turns to see that Master Kiga has come to join him. The old were-lion chuckles quietly as Hybros attempts to gain the breath. He takes out a sheet of parchment and shows it once more to Hoke. It is Master Laghima's teachings once more. "Hu hu hu." "Many people assume the poem is incomplete," says Chauncey as he also arrives to observe the imps attempts. "But it is not."

Boomingham grinds his teeth and repeats his attack.

Picking one of the pink flowers, Hybros is treated to the same visions that Arthur shared a few days before - a slew of Masters meditating outside the Vault. Some faces he recognizes: Master Jin, Lord Chauncey (a few years younger) - he watches as Master Kiga rapidly ages in reverse, and gives way to an elderly male who ages backwards swiftly as well, and then a Aoi who seems nearly ageless. The final thing he is treated to is Master Kiga handing Arthur a scroll and chuckling to himself. Hybros feels totally focused and in control (+2 focus). But he must direct his thoughts towards something. What is he hoping to achieve here?

At the Training Grounds "Gladly." Master Jin and Yu Shu both lower their weapons. At the Vault Hybros arrives back at the Vault as the sun begins to set. What would he like to do?

Round Six 2 v. 2 Jin attacks (-3 focus) Yu Shu focuses (+2 focus) Purpearl parries Purpearl continues to hold off her assailants. Master Jin Focus: 6 Health: 7 Warrior Priestess Yu Shu Focus: 10 Health: 7 Note: Yu Shu is still recovering, so all her attempts to attack will cost her -1 health as well as her focus. Lady Purpearl Focus: 7 Health: 7 At the Teahouse For once, the entire gang in the Teahouse remains silent. Hybros sips his tea (+1 focus). He feels totally at peace with himself and the mountain, and can feel stirring in his soul the beginnings of the First Breath. Now he needs only crack the final riddle.

OoC: Cutcobra, we're getting you up, you can submit an action.

Round Five 2 v. 2 Jin focuses (+2 focus) Yu Shu focuses (+2 focus) Purpearl focuses (+2 focus) All three combatants prepare for their final strikes. Master Jin Focus: 9 Health: 7 Warrior Priestess Yu Shu Focus: 8 Health: 7 Note: Yu Shu is still recovering, so all her attempts to attack will cost her -1 health as well as her focus. Lady Purpearl Focus: 9 Health: 7 At the Healing Springs "Why not?" says Lady Felix with a coy smile. "I've been soaking for days. Turn your eyes away as I get out, little imp. I've barely got anything on." The two dress and head to the Tea House, which has recently been used by Lord Chauncey, Arthur, and Lord Guffington. If Master Kiga is bothered by their intrusion even though he's already hosted a tea ceremony today, he doesn't let on, and patiently puts on another pot. After they all sip their tea they settle in for some chatting and some silence.

Boomingham glances at the downed mage. "Do you think he'll say thank you?" he asks solemnly as he nods to Rex, who stands over the boy with a phoenix essence in hand. The wererhino administers the medicine. Boomingham, meanwhile, attacks Floraphant A from the back row with Scupperer.

Round Four 2 v. 2 Jin attacks Hoke (10-3=7, KO) Yu Shu parries (-1 focus) Hoke focuses (+2 focus) Purpearl parries (-1 focus) Jin holds his sword to Hoke's throat, and the dragoon knows by now that it's a sure sign that the battle is over. He steps aside gracefully. Master Jin Focus: 7 Health: 7 Warrior Priestess Yu Shu Focus: 6 Health: 7 Note: Yu Shu is still recovering, so all her attempts to attack will cost her -1 health as well as her focus. Lady Purpearl Focus: 7 Health: 7

Boomingham bows to the creature as it flees and then takes out his handkerchief to mop his face. The poison seeps through his skin with the sweat. "Damn." Boomingham drinks his elixir, and Rex uncorks his remedy as well.

"I don't go around advertising my profession, but you know what I do for a living. I've always gotten away, but not always unseen. It's a good reason to keep on the move, and have powerful friends. I've been to most nations on Olegaia, and am wanted in almost all of them." She shrugs as she sinks deeper into the water. "It's no trouble, though. Most people don't have the funds, intelligence or skill to track me. I'm sure there's a few who are after some bounty on my head though. Those rich old leaders in the High Kingdoms could make it worth someone's time, and I've stolen a precious heirloom or two." Round Four 2 v. 2 Jin attacks Purpearl (-3 focus, no effect) Yu Shu focuses (+2 focus) Hoke parries (-1 focus) Purpearl parries (-1 focus) Purpearl is able to fend off Jin as the others continue to shuffle around being careful. Master Jin Focus: 10 Health: 7 Warrior Priestess Yu Shu Focus: 7 Health: 7 Note: Yu Shu is still recovering, so all her attempts to attack will cost her -1 health as well as her focus. Hoke Focus: 3 Health: 7 Lady Purpearl Focus: 5 Health: 7

That's the ruling I recall as well.

I can't imagine it's not.

"It's worth a shot. I'm no good with all that alchemy stuff." Rex, not really in the business of healing forest beasts, leaves the Endi and the figuring to the heroes and attacks the Florphant B from the front row. OoC: Realized that the Endi should get a free hit on us, unfortunately, as we've always said healing doesn't count as targeting.

Boomingham glances at the others, biting his lower lip, but returns his attention to the Endi and attempts once more to heal it.

OoC: Sorry, holidays & the server being down. Round Three 2 v. 2 Jin focuses Yu Shu parries Hoke parries Purpearl parries Everyone stands around looking foolish. Master Jin Focus: 13 Health: 7 Warrior Priestess Yu Shu Focus: 5 Health: 7 Note: Yu Shu is still recovering, so all her attempts to attack will cost her -1 health as well as her focus. Hoke Focus: 4 Health: 7 Lady Purpearl Focus: 6 Health: 7

Round Two 2 v. 2 Jin focuses Yu Shu parries Hoke parries Purpearl focuses Master Jin Focus: 11 Health: 7 Warrior Priestess Yu Shu Focus: 6 Health: 7 Note: Yu Shu is still recovering, so all her attempts to attack will cost her -1 health as well as her focus. Hoke Focus: 5 Health: 7 Lady Purpearl Focus: 7 Health: 7

"If you can hold the others off, Eric..." Boomingham heals the Enki from the back row.

OoC: They will return from the voyage at the end of the day.